The Smith Lepidoptera collection was donated to the museum by Dr Arnold Smith in 2006, and comprises of approximately 5000 specimens. These moths and butterflies were collected primarily from the UK, Nepal, Mexico and Borneo between the late 1800s and late 1900s.

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